Jim “J-Bo” Wages holds a bottle of cannabis oil for her daughter Sydney at their home in Dallas on Wednesday, February 8, 2017. The family was among the very first to receive permission from Georgia to use low-dose cannabis oil without fear of prosecution. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

Photo: Hyosub Shin/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Photo: Hyosub Shin/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

House committee OK’s compromise to expand Georgia’s medical marijuana law

It would add six conditions eligible for treatment with a limited form of cannabis oil allowed in Georgia: Alzheimer’s disease, AIDS, autism, epidermolysis bullosa, peripheral neuropathy and Tourette’s syndrome.

“We don’t want anyone to suffer, but the National Academies of Sciences report out just a few months ago stated there was little to no evidence of relief for those conditions just approved,” said Kevin A. Sabet, president of Virginia-based Smart Approaches to Marijuana.

“We need to fast track FDA-approved medications so that people can get relief from medications with known dosages and purity,” Sabet said. “We don’t want anyone to suffer needlessly. But this is not the most responsible move by any means the Legislature could have taken.”